Unit five: Feng Shui:Ancient Wisdom Travels West


Sentences.

Frowned upon.
1.- Even though divorce is legal, it is still frowned up.

Hard bitten.
2.- A hard bitten cop.

Transcendent.
3.- The transcendent genius of Mozart.

Digression.
4.- After several long digressions, he finally reached the interesting part of the history.

Aligning.
5.- The policy is aligned closely with the goals of the organization.

Caught off guard.
6.- Senator H'hare was caught off guard by the question.

Abundance.
7.- An abundance of wavy red hair.

Circulates
8.- Ceiling fans circulated warm air around the room.

Sense
9.- Afterwards, I felt a great sense of relief.

Quote
10.- He quoted a short passage from the bible.

Skeptically
11.- You can trust me, he said, Jane looked skeptically.

Anecdotes.
12.- The book is full of amusing anecdotes about his life in Japan.

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